42 CATALOGUE OF 



2. ACRONYCTA PSI. 



Carta aut cinerea ; abdomen albidum ; alee anticce striga tridentala 

 basali, litura -J, discali lineisque duabus barbatis e&terioribus 

 nigris ; posticce cinereo-fuscce aut albidce. 



-, Goed. Ins. i. pi. 22. List. Gbed. f. 92. Ray, Ins. 



350. Reaum. Ins. i. pi. 42, f. 5, 6. Merian, Ins. Eur. iii. pi. 



42. Frisch, Ins. ii. pi. 2. Ammir. Ins. pi. 13. Roes. Ins. 



Bel. i. pi. 7. Gkojf. 7ns. Par. 155. M/&. 28, pi. 60. Engr. 



Pap. d'Eur. 286, a— c. Albin, Nat. Hist. Engl. Ins. pi. 80. 



Harr.A. pi. 15 ; V. M. 19. 

 Phalaena-Noctua Psi, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, 846, 135 ; Faun. Suec. 



1181. Gmel. ed. Syst. Nat. i. 5, 2559, 135. .£er&. Syn. i. 



141. Donov. Nat. Hist. Brit. Ins. iv\ pi. 133. &tett?. iS7. ii. 



187. Turt. Syst. Nat. iii. 330. 

 Noctua Psi, Wien. Verz. 67, 2. Fabr. Sp. .Ins. ii. 235, 129 ; 



Mant. Ins. ii. 174, 255; Ent. Syst.m.2, 105, 315. Esp. 



Schmett. iv. pi. 115, f. 1, 2. Bork. Eur. Schmett. iv. 238, 106. 



Haw. Lep. Brit. 181. Frey. Neu. Beit. Schmett. i. pi. 58. 

 Acronycta Psi, Treit. Schmett. Eur. v. 1, 30, 9. Dup. Hist. Nat. 



LSp. Fr. vi. 218, pi. 83, f. 1. Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. 



39, 5. Guen. Noct. i. 43, 47. Boisd. Ind. Meth. 94, 714. 



Herr.-Schceff. Eur. Schmett. ii. 181, 12. Westw. <Sr Humph. 



Brit. Moths, i. 198, pi. 41, f. 5 ; pi. 42, f. 116. 

 Triaena Psi, Hubn. Verz. Schmett. 200, 2029. Steph. Cat. Brit. 



Lep. 104, 1. 

 Acronyctia Psi, Meig. Handb. 149,4; Syst Besch. Eur. Schmett. 



iii. 69, 9, pi. 90, f. 9. 

 Semaphora Psi, Guen. Ess. 235. 

 Noctua tridens, Sepp, Ins. iv. pi. 4. Hubn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. 



pi. 1, f. 4 ; Larv. Lep. iv. Noct. i. Bomb. B, b, f. b, c. 

 Var. Acronycta Cuspis, Steph. III. Brit. Ent. Haust. iii. 40, 7. 



a. England. Presented by H. Doubleday, Esq. 

 b — t. England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 v — z. England. 



aa—ee. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 

 //» 99- Prance. 



hh. ? From Mr. Milne's collection. 



ii — pp. New York. Presented by E. Doubleday, Esq. 



The American A. Psi has a slight testaceous tinge on the fore 

 wings ; the markings also are somewhat different from those of the 

 European A. Psi, and it may be a distinct species. 



